Found in 18,000 feet of water. For those who are unfamiliar, the USS Indianapolis was a heavy cruiser involved with the Manhattan Project (it delivered some of the components for the atom bomb used at Hiroshima). It was shortly thereafter targeted by a submarine and sunk. Contrary to sometimes lurid legend*, the delay in rescue efforts was not due to the ship’s location still being classified; what apparently happened instead was a combination of bad luck, end-of-war syndrome, and several different overlapping circles of incompetence. Continue reading They have found the USS Indianapolis.